Constance Shulman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

28

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-04-04 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Johnson City, Tennessee, USA

Constance Shulman

Biography

Constance Ann Shulman (born April 4, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug and for her recurring role as Yoga Jones in Orange Is the New Black. Shulman originated the role of Annelle in the first production of Steel Magnolias Off-Broadway. Shulman was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, to a Jewish family. In 1980, she graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor's degree in both speech and theater. She moved to New York City to study acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School and pursue an acting career. In 1989, she made her screen debut in the comedy film Fletch Lives, playing Cindy Mae. She later had supporting parts in the films Lost Angels, Men Don't Leave, and Fried Green Tomatoes. On television, Shulman worked as a voice actress, playing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug from 1991 to 1999. In the early 1990s, Shulman appeared in a series of Kraft mayonnaise commercials. She was also a regular cast member in the short-lived 1996 ABC sitcom, The Faculty, playing the best friend of Meredith Baxter's character. In the late 1990s, Shulman left the screen to raise her two children. In 2013, Shulman was cast in a recurring role as "Yoga Jones" in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black. Along with the rest of the cast, she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • Orange Is the New Black

    Orange Is the New Black

  • Doug

    Doug

  • Broad City

    Broad City

  • Search Party

    Search Party

  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

    The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

  • The Curse

    The Curse

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Fried Green Tomatoes

  • Fletch Lives

    Fletch Lives

  • Lost Angels

    Lost Angels

  • Sweet and Lowdown

    Sweet and Lowdown

  • Reversal of Fortune

    Reversal of Fortune

  • He Said, She Said

    He Said, She Said

  • Giving Birth to a Butterfly

    Giving Birth to a Butterfly

  • The Faculty

    The Faculty

  • Sylvio

    Sylvio

  • Men Don't Leave

    Men Don't Leave

  • Strawberry Mansion

    Strawberry Mansion

  • Funny Pages

    Funny Pages

  • Doug's 1st Movie

    Doug's 1st Movie

  • Nasty Baby

    Nasty Baby

  • Darla in Space

    Darla in Space

  • Miss America

    Miss America

  • Stomach People

    Stomach People

  • McBain

    McBain

  • Doug's Secret Christmas

    Doug's Secret Christmas

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg